Mohamed Niang
Mohamed Niang (born in Dakar, Senegal) is a retired professional basketball player, who lastly played for British Basketball League rookies Everton Tigers, with whom he signed for in 2007. His cousin Assane Niang Faye played for University of New Hampshire and another cousin Mouhammad Faye currently stars for the Georgia Tech basketball team.
| retired | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 14 March 1976 |
| Nationality | Senegal |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Career information | |
| College | Delaware (1998-1999) |
| Playing career | 1999–2008 |
| Career history | |
| 2003–2004 | BG DEK/Fichte Hagen |
| 2007–2008 | Everton Tigers |
College career
After attending the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in France from 1994–1996, the 6 ft 10 in Centre then moved to the U.S. and to the University of Delaware, where from 1996 to 1999 he played on the university's Blue Hens basketball team.
In his first season, he played 12 games, scoring five points and pulled 10 rebounds. The 1997-98 season saw him feature in 11 games, scoring nine points, pulling six rebounds and blocking two shots.
Professional career
Mohamed was a fifth round pick for the Huntsville Flight in the 2001-02 inaugural draft of the National Basketball Development League (Now called NBA D-League).
Niang most recently played in Denmark for Aalborg in 2004, averaging 22.5 pts, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1.4 assists. He coached the team the following season while recovering from ACL injury and signed up to be a player/coach for Everton Tigers during the summer of 2007.